St. Louis Rams. In March 2004, one week before Veterans Stadium was imploded, John Spagnola came by for one last look. But, despite having plenty to keep his mind busy, Griffith still has a problem coping with the playoff losses that ended their magical 1998 season and the 2000 season, which has its share of conspiracy theorists. New York also recorded six sacks. Everything that could go wrong did, starting with . The NFL changed the rule the following year. They own the music and the footage used in this video. St. Louis failed to recover their second onside kick attempt but forced New Orleans to punt. Whenever they made a check on defense, they knew exactly where we were at and what we were doing. This was the second postseason meeting between the Colts and Dolphins. Then Gannon was sacked on second down by Jamie Sharper. By the time the first half ended, New York had scored 34 points (more than they had scored in any of their regular-season games) and gained 386 yards, while holding the Vikings to 45 yards. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. That's when Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger hit Santonio Holmes on the right sideline of the end zone for as close a touchdown catch as can be. Game Info. Or write about sports? Then on the 3rd play of the 3rd quarter, they went up 243 on Culpepper's 68-yard touchdown pass to Moss. But the Vikings scored again on their next drive, moving the ball 50 yards (25 of them on a carry by Robert Smith) and taking a 2710 lead on Anderson's 44-yard field goal. But New York got off to a blazing fast start and Minnesota was never able to keep up. CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GB | HOU | IND This time, the Colts made it into the end zone with Manning's 17-yard touchdown pass to Pathon with 7:47 left in the second quarter. But others remain skeptical, including Griffith who believes that the loss to the Giants wasn't just a matter of one team imposing its will on the other. This was the first postseason meeting between the Ravens and Titans. Adam Schefter breaks down Saints owner Gayle Benson's comments about the controversial missed pass interference call in New Orleans' loss to the Rams. On the opening possession of the Texans' Monday Night Football game in Mexico City against the Raiders, quarterback Brock Osweiler threw a pass to DeAndre Hopkins that was blown dead when an official ruled he stepped out of bounds as he ran for a touchdown, though replays appeared to show Hopkins was in bounds. The Cowboys-Vikings rivalry is a rivalry between the Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings. Jennings before Seahawks receiver Golden Tate tried to pull it away. Jenkins' hit on Jourdan Lewis caused a fumble that Kamu Grugier-Hill came out of the pile with. "I'm the reason why he's married to who he's married to. Missed penalties, questionable flags, iffy rulings from the replay booth we've seen it all. Later on, Tory James forced a fumble from Lamar Smith that was recovered by Raiders cornerback Charles Woodson on the Miami 43-yard line. However, Vanderjagt's kick was wide right. They're stealing our signals and that kind of thing. Nothing has ever been proven that New York actually stole the radio transmission signal from the Vikings headsets that day. Elway-to-Kay ruled incomplete, Jan. 25, 1987. I'm a reason for a lot of that. With time running out in the half, Culpepper ripped off a 30-yard gain on a QB scramble, and then threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Carter on the next play, giving the team a 173 lead going into halftime. First Tyrone Wheatley was dropped for a 1-yard loss. "I've played in a bunch of football games, but have never felt like there was more to just playing football in that game than that day," Griffith said. Although no longer playing the game, Griffith remains very busy and very much involved with football. Twitter: https://twitter.com/All_HighlytesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/all_highlytesBusiness Email: allhighlights1987@gmail.comAll rights go to ABC, . Develop -- Courtney Cronin, Roddy was held, Jan. 20, 2013. The Giants shut out the Vikings by limiting them to only 114 offensive yards, sacking quarterback Daunte Culpepper four times, and forcing five turnovers, and handing the Vikings their first shutout and worst loss in their postseason history. Tight end Dave Casper briefly kicked it around himself before falling on it in the end zone, giving the Raiders an improbable victory. "It has haunted me since that day," Emanuel said. The table below lists all previous AFC Championship Game results. With 6:28 left in the game, St. Louis had the ball inside the New Orleans 10-yard line but Knight recorded his second interception to halt the drive. The Minnesota sports community sometimes refers to this as "41doughnut" after a post-game comment from Randy Moss: "I was just talking to Daunte, and 41-to-doughnut, I think that's the worst defeat I've ever been in my life. How it unfolded was that the Giants got up big in the opening minutes, thwarting the Vikings at every turn, and Griffith believes there was a different power at play than just incredible game-planning and play-calling. The next time Miami had the ball, they turned it over on downs at the Raiders 37. Following their blowout 41-0 win over the Minnesota Vikings in the 2000 NFC Championship, the New York Giants were accused of cheating in the game. Hold on every play. Hindi. Late in the second quarter, Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb lost a fumble while being sacked by Michael Strahan, which New York lineman Cedric Jones recovered on the Philadelphia 15. Jack ended up with the ball and got up and headed for the end zone, but officials blew the play dead and stopped what would have been a touchdown. But after Couch's spike stopped the clock, officials interjected and declared they would go back and review whether Morgan caught the ball. After a 21-point fourth-quarter rally in the NFC Championship Game, the Niners appeared to be bound for the Super Bowl when Washington quarterback Joe Theismann and the offense took over at their 22-yard line and began marching for the game-winning points. More NFL coverage . The Bucs were trailing the St. Louis Rams 11-6 in the NFC Championship Game with 51 seconds to go. [1], This was the first Super Bowl meeting between the Ravens and Giants. It was almost like every play we had called, they had the counter to it. Baltimore got an early scoring chance when Ray Lewis intercepted a pass from Denver quarterback Gus Frerotte on the Broncos 39-yard line. -- Jenna Laine. He is also doing San Diego Chargers pre- and post-game shows for the flagship station of their radio network, as well as working for the NFL Network and providing color commentary for a couple Mountain West college football games after the conclusion of the UFL season. 0:00. Jump to: The NFC Championship Game for the 2022 NFL season will be played on Sunday, January 29, 2022. Ive never been part of a game more lopsided than that., When asked about the cheating accusations after their 2000 NFC Championship victory, former Giants head coach Jim Fassell called them ludicrous.. The next time they got the ball, Oakland advanced 78 yards, featuring a 32-yard completion from Rich Gannon to running back Terry Kirby, and scored on Jankikowski's 33-yard field goal to go up 13-0 early in the second quarter. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. "The Holy Roller," Sept. 10, 1978. Two months later, the NFL passed a rule that makes it illegal for an offensive player wearing an eligible number -- between 1 and 49, or 80 to 89 -- to report as ineligible and line up outside the tackle box. These playoffs were notable in that all outdoor games were played with gametime temperatures of 50 F or higher, making for one of the warmest . All rights reserved. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6 at St. Louis Rams 11 on January 23rd, 2000 - Full team and player stats and box score . Soon after, Ronnie Lott was flagged for holding on third down. Then Dilfer completed a 13-yard pass to Brandon Stokley and a 24-yard pass to tight end Ben Coates on a 51-yard drive that ended with another field goal by Stover. TrendRadars. It started poorly and stayed that way, with the Giants scoring on the . And furthermore, the Steelers were not penalized for having assistant coach Joey Porter on the field, which is against league rules. -- Nick Wagoner. The Cowboys and Vikings have played seven times in the playoffs, making this one of the most played playoff series in league history (the Vikings' most common playoff opponent and the fourth . Note: The AFL Championship Game became the AFC Championship Game following the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. That suggestion from safety Malcolm Jenkins came after a controversial call on the opening kickoff of the Eagles-Cowboys game that went in Dallas' favor and helped decide the division. Table inside Article; Date Playoff Opponent Result Score Attendance; Dec. 13, 1936: 1936 NFL Championship: Boston Redskins (@ New York) W: 21-6: 29,545: Dec. 11, 1938 A playoff showdown pits the San Francisco 49ers (13-4) against the Philadelphia Eagles (14-3) in the NFC Championship game on January 29 at Lincoln Financial Field, beginning at 3:00 PM ET.The Eagl Fox then televised the rest of the NFC games. GREEN BAY, Wis. For a moment, the NFC championship game seemed within the Green Bay Packers' grasp. Collins had previously started the 1996 NFC Championship Game for the Carolina Panthers. The New York Giants went 12-4 in the NFC East, finishing a game better than the . Myles Jack wasn't down, Jan. 21, 2018. Philadelphia failed to get a first down on their first three possessions. The Lions got the ball and kicked a 42-yard field goal in three minutes to win in the sudden-death format. "There's no way that that team we fielded gets blanketed 41-0," Griffith reiterated. Two players later, the Eagles got the ball back when Damon Moore forced and recovered a fumble from running back Tiki Barber. Then on the second to last play of the quarter, Robert Tate's interception of a Brooks pass gave the Vikings a first down on the Saints 29-yard line, and they went on to clinch the game with Smith's 2-yard touchdown run. -- Turron Davenport. The Patriots won 24-20. Heres what Griffith told a Cleveland radio station in 2009. NFL Nation: Analysis for every pick In the fourth quarter, Ray Lewis recovered a fumble from Gannon on the Raiders 6-yard line, setting up Stover's third field goal to close out the scoring. Jackson caught six passes for 142 yards and three touchdowns, tying a playoff record set by Jerry Rice in Super Bowl XXIX. (0:58). For the rest of the game, they gained only 186 yards and scored 10 points, despite forcing three turnovers. Both teams made it to the playoffs that year, where the Dolphins got revenge in the form of a 28-13 win and a trip to Super Bowl XVII. He also caught 3 passes for 18 yards. The two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games then meet in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games, hosted by the higher seed. After a four-minute delay, the replay official ruled that -- even without clear indisputable video evidence -- Majkowski was behind the line and awarded the touchdown (and victory) to the Packers. CBS broadcast the rest of the AFC playoff games and Super Bowl XXXV (their first Super Bowl broadcast since Super Bowl XXVI at the end of the 199192 playoffs). The Ravens forced four interceptions and held the Raiders offense to only 191 total yards, 17 rushing yards, and three points. Both teams played through the whistle, and Tennessee thought it scored the go-ahead touchdown. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call 1-800-GAMBLER. The pass sailed over the heads of Monk and cornerback Eric Wright, but Wright received a pass interference penalty at the Niners' 18. Late in the fourth quarter the Eagles blocked a Giants punt. AFC Championship: Bengals (3) vs Chiefs (1) Final Score: Chiefs 23, Bengals 20 . The referee in that game, Bill Leavy, volunteered a heartfelt mea culpa in 2010, saying: "I kicked two calls in the fourth quarter and I impacted the game, and as an official, you never want to do that." On third down, Gannon's pass was incomplete and the Raiders had to settle for Sebastian Janikowski's field goal to cut the score to 103; those were the only Raiders points of the game. The Cardinals were 42 seconds from their first Super Bowl trophy, up 23-20 with the Steelers at the Cardinals' 6-yard line. In the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend, the third-seeded division winner hosted the sixth seed wild card, and the fourth seed hosted the fifth. It led to mass confusion before the officials finally called it a Seattle touchdown to win the game 14-12. So Payton was involved in multiple events in which Minnesotas opponents were accused of cheating. Commissioner Pete Rozelle said there was nothing he could do because there was no rule against it, although after the season the NFL banned snowplow use during games. This would be the last time that all playoff games during the first three rounds would normally be played at the accustomed times of 12:30p.m. and 4:00p.m. EST. Rams quarterback Kurt Warner committed four turnovers (three interceptions and a fumble), while running back Marshall Faulk, who shredded the Saints with 220 rushing yards during their encounter in the regular season, was held to a season-low 24 yards on the ground. The play was reviewed to determine if both of Holmes' feet touched down, and replay upheld the score. After that, all the Saints could muster was a meaningless 48-yard touchdown pass from Brooks to receiver Willie Jackson with 2:28 left on the clock. You would be hard pressed to tell me that it was a really equal playing field. In the United States, ABC broadcast the first two Wild Card playoff games. With replacement officials working the game in Seattle because of a labor dispute between the NFL and its referees, a Hail Mary fell first into the hands of Packers safety M.D. The Philadelphia Eagles are going to the Super Bowl. As he picked up the coin, Luckett announced Bettis had called heads and the coin landed on tails. The game: The Seahawks became the first team to win a division with a 7-9 record, finishing atop the lowly NFC West. The Vikings were actually one-point favorites heading into the matchup against the Giants. "I would say both," Griffith said. The postseason tournament concluded with the Baltimore Ravens defeating the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV, 34-7, on January 28, 2001, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.. The officiating was so bad that the NFL later issued a statement saying that the officials had made errors in the game. Nobody has any proof. You would be hard-pressed to tell me that it was a really equal playing field. Meanwhile, Fiedler completed only five of 14 passes for 42 yards. Because of untimely injuries, unfortunate circumstances, or myriad other reasons, many teams' plans throughout NFL history have not produced the desired result. Too late, however. NFL playoff officiating decisions: Did the officials review a non-reviewable play in Bills-Chiefs? For the San Francisco 49ers, it was Dwight Clark's incredible catch in the 1981 NFC Championship game that became the nexus for a dynasty. When we hit the field, they were everywhere we were trying to be. On second-and-23, Bert Emanuel made a 12-yard reception at the Rams' 23-yard line, setting up a . China's rover, Zhurong, could . The Colts jumped out to 21-0 lead on the road before the 49ers got back into the game with the help of the officials. If the critics were to be believed, the Giants had no business being in the 2000 playoffs, let alone the NFC Championship game where they would face the mighty Minnesota Vikings, a team whose . 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